Re: status of Linux on Alpha?

[Marc Giger <gigerstyle@gmx.ch>]

Hi Ivan, All

First, sorry for the cross posting...

After long sessions of patching, recompiling, and testing I finally
found the cause of my problems. XFS people, please read:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108047692409817&w=2
and
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107910319729364&w=2

After reverting 1.1608.29.12 all is fine again.
Interestingly, this patch was listed on bkbits between 2.6.3
and 2.6.4-rc1 but was added to the source tree between 2.6.4-rc1 and
2.6.4-rc2 :-( Again something learned for the future...

Ivan, I think your new semaphore code is still ok because it doesn't
matter if it is the new or old code. Both versions have a problem with
the xfs-patch.

For further questions you know how to reach me:-)

greets

Marc


On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 23:06:51 +0400
Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 01:48:28PM +0200, Marc Giger wrote:
> > > Presently, I reached a stage on which I don't know longer what to
> > > do:-( I isolated the problem between 2.6.3-rc1 and 2.6.3-rc2. I
> >                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >                                read as 2.6.4-rc1 and 2.6.4-rc2
> 
> Thanks for your work.
> 
> > > also reverted 1.1608.56.1 , 1.1608.51.36 and all xfs related
> > > patches from rc2 with no luck.
> > > All other changes seems unrelated to me.
> 
> I'd also revert 1.1608.51.22 and all networking changes.
> 
> Ivan.
>